For the past few days I have been tossing ideas around for the One Powerful Hour challenge of "Feathered Friends" It wasn't until I surfed over to Mixed Media Monday that inspiration hit me.Mixed Media Monday wanted us to use numbers in our pieces this week. When i saw that i was instantly reminded of a childhood nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence" so here is my interpretation of the two themes, numbers and feathered friends mixed together with a dash of nursery rhyme mixed in.
Sing a song of sixpence lyrics
(Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie)
Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye,
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened the birds began to sing,
Oh wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king?
The king was in his counting house counting out his money,
The queen was in the parlour eating bread and honey
The maid was in the garden hanging out the clothes,
When down came a blackbird and pecked off her nose!
Hope you enjoy!
I'll have that nursery rhyme in my head all day!! I love how you've interpreted the theme and your combination of elements is divine! Thanks so much for joining MMM this week.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful piece, great background!
ReplyDeletebeautiful work !!!
ReplyDeleteIt's both clever and lovely!
ReplyDeleteI should remember to use birds this week before Wed.
ReplyDeleteLovely creation. And thanks for sharing the whole song with me. My DDs book stops at, "now wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king" :-)
its beautiful
ReplyDeleteExcellent! Beautifully created.
ReplyDeleteWow, love this, that rhyme takes me back a few years too!! :O))
ReplyDeletegreat take on mmm numbers.
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chriss x
Outstanding! I love how the birds are not confined to the page!
ReplyDeleteVery clever, Caroline! Thanks for the trip down memory lane with that rhyme too :-) Diane
ReplyDeletelove the idea behind this, I too will be singing this all day! lol
ReplyDeletegorgeous artwork!
Very cool!
ReplyDeleteThis is just great. I'v got an idea for 4 and 20 blackbirds that I haven't used yet. I love yours.
ReplyDeleteNancy
Very clever use of rhyme! Great ATC for the challenge!
ReplyDeletegreat idea for the numbers theme, what a flashback...and if I were a blackbird backed in a pie I think I would have to peck off someones nose too! Hee hee
ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteGreat ATC and love that nursery rhyme too.
ReplyDeleteLove your thinking behind this piece, fab atc.
ReplyDeleteWonderful piece!
ReplyDeleteOH! I really like this ~
ReplyDeleteLove your creativity on this piece!
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